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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Aug 2, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Atlanta, GA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Atlanta, GA) in May 2022

      Interview

      Speaking to the interview process specifically: It was fine. Standard FAANG style feel to it, there was a pre-screen coding session and then 4 rounds of interviews with a mix of behavioral questions and 1 leetcode question. The engineers i spoke to were nice and made the interview comfortable. As for the recruiters/recruiting process: it was atrocious. After i applied and spoke to a recruiter about what i was interested in other recruiters (at least 4) started messaging me all asking me to fill out the same 10-15 question packet. After i finally got that sorted out it got a bit smoother until the interview rounds were complete. All communication fell apart and they began to take forever to respond. They made it seem like i did well and they were just team matching me (actual verbiage from the recruiter after the final interviews: "That being said, you were an overall [SECTION REDACTED] hire so we are just working out the details to find a team within [SECTION REDACTED] that will best suite your experience and skillsets. 😊"). Not long after the recruiter even said he found a team for me, however when we spoke he was under the assumption that i had spoken with that hiring manager, and when i said i had not he seemed confused, cut the meeting short to "investigate", and was never heard from again. All attempts to follow up with everyone i spoke with previously went unanswered.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Just your standard medium-ish leetcode questions
      Answer question

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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      May 30, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      Started with a recruiter phone call and a 30 minute phone call with the hiring manager to negotiate a remote role since the job was based in Seattle and the manager agreed. Following up with five rounds of virtual on site. Four of them are coding/design. One of them is behavioral mostly leetcode medium level questions which I finished and I was able to do all the follow up and answer the design and time complexity questions correctly after the interview got ghosted for a whole month and got an automatic rejection email.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Leet code medium level questions. DFS, BFS, sliding windows and greedy algorithm. Follow up, asking some design questions and the time complexity of the code.
      Answer question

      Sr. Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 16, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Los Angeles, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA)

      Interview

      Round - Screening with hiring manager. Discussed about projects and 1 DSA (Med] Loop Rounds: Round 1 - DSA (Med) + projects discussion Round 2 - DSA (Hard) + Behavioral Round 3 - LLD + Behavioral Round 4 - LLD + Behavioral

      Software Engineer Senior Interview

      Apr 8, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      McLean, VA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (McLean, VA)

      Interview

      Phone interview with hiring manager for 45 minutes primarily a tech interview. Focused on questions directly related to tech stack. Come prepared knowing design questions and how those conversations go.

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